Challenge : Exploring Venus Together
A feasible solution to the difficult challenge of the power generating energy storage system in such an extreme atmosphere like Venus.
Concept of the project
The project centers on a dual-vehicle system, one is a high-altitude aerial vehicle that beams laser power from the more forgiving upper atmosphere of Venus, and the other is a lander that stores and uses the generated power to empower scientific instruments, move, gather and process the data collected, and communicate the results back to Earth for a 60-day mission on Venus. These two spacecraft and their functions are tied together through a laser power transmission system.